Solon High School, founded in 1898, is a public high school located in Solon, Ohio, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 15th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
[8][9] Solon High School students are perennially recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.
[15][16] The Solon Comets' athletic programs compete in the Suburban League against other local area high schools.
The Solon High School Academic Challenge team has competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments High School National Championship for eight straight years, earning a fifth-place finish in 2015.
They attended the White House Science Fair two times and received commendations from the Ohio State Legislature as a result of these accomplishments.
The Solon High School Speech and Debate team is one of the largest and most successful programs of its kind in the state of Ohio.
Some of the funds that these programs receive come from the school-associated non-profit organization the Solon Music Parents.
The Wind Ensemble is made up of the very top players often upperclass students, the Gold Ensemble is composed of the next most competitive players, and the rest of the students are evenly split by talent between the Blue and the White Symphonic bands.
There are also extra-curricular ensembles such as "The Madrigals", and various female and male barbershop quartets formed by students.
The group has won numerous Grand Championships in several Midwest competitions and had an undefeated season in 2012.
[39][40] Solon transitioned in recent years from hosting a non-competition Festival to a full Show Choir Invitational.
The Solon High School Club, Comet Productions, staffs all the events aired.
The station currently airs original programming such as SHS graduation, sports, Solon Board meetings, band, choir, and orchestra concerts, the annual Honor Society talent show, and drama club productions.
The statement went on to claim that Short pursued an intimate relationship that turned sexual after the young woman graduated.
The grand jury found Kline to be "a sexually violent predator" in that indictment statement.